Cuba
The Brian Moorhouse Estate (part 2)
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Lot# : 4319 Cuba
1833 (May 6): Entire letter to Marseille, struck on despatch with two line "PUERTO / PRINCIPE" in red, disinfected against Cholera with chisel slits at Port Mahon. Two line entry mark 'Espagne Par / St. Jean De Luz' in black and reverse with Marseille arrival cds in black.Starting bid : 120 CHFHammer price : 240 CHFLot# : 4320 Cuba
1865: Entire letter from Santiago de Cuba to Paris endorsed 'p L'Impératrice Eugénie' at top, struck with Consular CUBA octagonal datestamp (March 24) in black (Salles fig. 1364) and by octagonal HAVANE / IMP. EUGENIE datestamp (March 25) in black (Salles fig. 1337 = 'pièce d'amateur'). Reverse with Paris arrival cds (April 16) and charged '8' décimes due in manuscript. Extremely rare.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 650 CHFLot# : 4321 Cuba
British P.O.'s 1863 (Dec 2): Entire letter from Trinidad de Cuba to St. Thomas, prepaid '1/-' in red manuscript, struck on obverse with superb Crown "PAID AT HAVANA" handstamp in black. Reverse with oval blue 'Llopart, Verguety Ca. / Habana' Forwarding Agent's cachet in blue flanked by British P.O: double arc cds of Havana (Dec 7) and St. Thomas (Dec 15) each struck in black. A fine and scarce entire Scott = $ 1'150.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 400 CHFLot# : 4322 Cuba
1855: 2 r. grey-green, wmk. Loops, an unused block of four with ample to large margins all round, lower right stamp showing coloured flaw on Queen's ear, fresh and fine, unused without gum. A scarce stamp in a multiple Gi 2a = £ 200+/Scott = $ 500+.Starting bid : 120 CHFHammer price : 650 CHFLot# : 4323 Cuba
1855: 2 p. carmine on blued paper, wmk. Loops, a postally used block of fifteen (5 x 3), margins ample to large on three sides and shaved at left, cancelled by six strikes of the oval network obliterator handstamp in black. A scarce and attractive large multiple Scott = $ 225+.rnrnProvenance: Collection John Simon, Corinphila sale 194, Nov 2014, lot 5325.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 260 CHFLot# : 4324 Cuba
1855 (April 24): 2 r. orange-red on blued paper, wmk. Loops, a very fine used block of four with good to large margins all round, cancelled by oval network obliterator handstamp in black.rnrnProvenance: Collection John Simon, Corinphila sale 194, Nov 2014, lot 5326.Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : 100 CHFLot# : 4325 Cuba
Lot# : 4326 Cuba
1856: 2 r. deep orange-red on rough yellowish paper, wmk. Crossed Lines, a fine used block of eight with ample to large margins all round and showinmg portion of adjoining stamp at left, thin in margin only above second stamp, cancelled by four strikes of the oval network obliterator handstamp in black. A scarce multiple Scott = $ 320+.rnrnProvenance: Collection John Simon, Corinphila sale 194, Nov 2014, lot 5340.Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : 160 CHFLot# : 4327 Cuba
1857: ½ r. blue, no wmk., an unused top block of twelve (4 x 3), marginal from top left corner of the sheet with large margins all round, last stamp (position 38, row 3, stamp 4) showing "Top left Corner Blank / Void Corner" variety, a few specks but generally fresh and fine, large part or unmounted og. Scarce and attractive multiple.Starting bid : 120 CHFHammer price : 340 CHFLot# : 4328 Cuba
1860: "Y¼" r. in black on 1857 2 r. rose-red, Type D with inverted '1' in '¼', a fine four margined unused example of good colour, without gum. Rare Edifil 10D = € 400/Scott = $ 350. rnrnProvenance: Collection John Simon, Corinphila sale 194, Nov 2014, lot 5354.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 240 CHFLot# : 4329 Cuba
1862 (Nov): ¼ r. black on pale buff, an unused block of fifteen (5 x 3), large even margins all round, fresh and fine, large part or unmounted og. A scarce and attractive multiple Gi 13 = £ 285+/Scott = $ 450+.rnrnProvenance: Collection John Simon, Corinphila sale 194, Nov 2014, lot 5358.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 190 CHFLot# : 4330 Cuba
Lot# : 4331 Cuba
Lot# : 4332 Cuba
US Occupation 1898/99: 5 c. on ½ m. blue-green, a used horizontal pair, left hand stamp with variety "Surcharge Omitted", right hand stamp type (g), position 1, tied to small piece by Puerto Principe cds (Jan 1, 1899) in black. Some minor peripheral aging but unique as such: the sole recorded example from the left side of the setting. Signed Bloch Scott = $ 500++.rnrnProvenance: Collections Tows, Juhring; Collection Peter Robertson, Christies, New York, March 1998, lot 2081.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 850 CHFLot# : 4333 Cuba
1899 (Jan 2-10): 3 c. on Jackson 3 c. purple, Surcharge Type I (3 over P), an unused block of six (3 x 2) from base of sheet showing full imprint 'Bureau, Engraving & Printing' with Plate Number 449 alongside, fresh and fine, mounted in margin only, stamps unmounted og. A scarce and attractive multiple Gi 249/Scott = $ 675.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 160 CHFLot# : 4334 Cuba
1899 (Jan 2-10): 5 c. on Grant 5 c. deep blue, an unused block of six (3 x 2) from base of sheet showing full imprint 'Bureau, Engraving & printing' with Plate Number 410 alongside, fresh and fine, mounted in margin only, stamps unmounted og. A scarce and attractive multiple Gi 250/Scott = $ 1'000.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 220 CHFLot# : 4335 Cuba
1905: Lighthouse 49 c. Booklet with purple covers, containing four panes of six of the 2 c. rose (Scott 234a) with each stamp overprinted italic SPECIMEN diagonally and the cover overprinted SPECIMEN in larger font in black. Slight rub on cover but very scarce.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 400 CHFLot# : 4336 Cuba
1905: Lighthouse 25 c. Booklet with purple cover, an imperforate vertical strip of five of the front cover overprinted SPECIMEN on each in black, together with two un-cut panes of thirty (10 x 3) showing the 2 c. rose with twenty four imperforate vertically between pairs, each stamp with security punch-hole and each stamp overprinted italic SPECIMEN diagonally in black. Minor imperfections but an undoubtedly unique group.Starting bid : 750 CHFHammer price : 1,300 CHFLot# : 4337 Cuba
Lot# : 4338 Cuba
1914: Map issue, Die Proofs on toned paper printed by the 'La Moderna Poesia' in Havana, recess by J.L. Rodriguez; seven examples from 1 c. to $ 1 without the 8 c. value, with 1 c. in green, 2 c. in red, 3 c. in lake, 5 c. in lake, 10 c. in black, 50 c. in carmine and the $ 1 value in green; fresh and fine, a scarce assembly.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 1,000 CHFLot# : 4339 Cuba
Lot# : 4340 Cuba
1950 (Sept 21): Postal Employees Retirement Fund, progressive Proof by Fernandez & Co. of Havana, printed in black showing the vignette (Locomotive accident) on glazed white paper and a finished, undenominated Proof on medium wove paper printed in blue (issued colour of the 5 c.). A scarce and attractive pair.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 150 CHFLot# : 4341 Cuba
1899 (April): Special Delivery 10 c. in red on 10 c. indigo, an unused horizontal strip of three, sheet marginal from top of sheet with full "Bureau, Engraving & Printing" and Plate Number "492" imprint, fresh and very fine but for some blunted perfs., mounted in margin only, stamps unmounted og. An attractive and very scarce strip Gi E252 = £ 480/Scott = $ 900.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 360 CHFLot# : 4342 Cuba
Lot# : 4343 Cuba
1910: Telegraphs issue, American Banknote Co. Proofs in issued colours for 1 c. to 50 c. values (7), either on thin India paper or with thick card adherence, six examples very fine, the 10 c. ultramarine with slightly close margin at left. A scarce and attractive group.Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : 360 CHF
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